Busy weekend looms for Top Midlantic-bred Poll runners

Three horses named among the top horses bred in the Mid-Atlantic region in the latest Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred/The Racing Biz Top Midlantic-bred Poll are slated to face the starter in Breeders’ Cup races this weekend.

And two others will run in other stakes between November 2-4.

Of the three, only Knicks Go, the two-year-old Maryland-bred son of Paynter, is among the top seven in the latest poll. Knicks Go, bred by Angie Moore, won the Grade 1 Breeders’ Futurity at Keeneland in early October and is 30-1 on the morning line for the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile on Friday. He is trained by Ben Colebrook for KRA Stud Farm.

Also in action among the top seven is another Maryland-bred, Still Having Fun. The three-year-old colt by Old Fashioned is 4-1 on the morning line in the $200,000 Cherokee Run Stakes at Churchill Downs, one of Saturday’s supporting contests. Still Having Fun is trained by Tim Keefe for Terp Racing, Gary Barber, and Wachtel Stable and was bred by Keefe and Mr. and Mrs. Charles McGinnes.

Three other runners among those also receiving votes are also in action over the weekend.

Ruby Notion, the West Virginia-bred sprinter, is 20-1 on the morning line in the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint, while Shamrock Rose, a sophomore Pennsylvania-bred by First Dude, is 20-1 on the morning line for Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint. Finally, Call Paul, a Pennsylvania-bred two-year-old, is 5-2 on the morning line for the Grade 3 Nashua Stakes Sunday at Aqueduct.

Of the top seven horses in the poll, three were bred in Pennsylvania, and two were bred in Maryland. Virginia and West Virginia were represented by one runner each. Five were males and two were females.

The monthly Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred is the only publication devoted to Thoroughbred breeding and racing in the Mid-Atlantic region. The Racing Biz, an online publication, is the independent voice for mid-Atlantic racing and breeding.

The poll is restricted to horses that have run in 2018 and were bred in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, New Jersey, Delaware, and the Carolinas.